Bolivar vs Friendship

A side-by-side comparison of Bolivar and Friendship: population, income, housing, and more.

Bolivar and Friendship are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bolivar has the higher population (1,108 vs 783 in Friendship). Bolivar has the higher median household income ($53,317 vs $42,734 in Friendship). Bolivar has the higher median home value ($66,400 vs $56,600 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Bolivar	Friendship
Population	1,108	783
Median age	38.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,317	$42,734
Median home value	$66,400	$56,600
Median gross rent	$505	$996
Housing units	487	395
Homeownership rate	66.2%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolivar	Friendship
Population	874 → 1,108 (+26.8%)	1,074 → 783 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$40,563 → $53,317 (+31.4%)	$40,500 → $42,734 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $66,400 (-2.6%)	$50,100 → $56,600 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $505 (-25.7%)	$640 → $996 (+55.6%)

Bolivar

Population

8741,108

Median household income

$40,563$53,317

Median home value

$68,200$66,400

Median gross rent

$680$505

Friendship

Population

1,074783

Median household income

$40,500$42,734

Median home value

$50,100$56,600

Median gross rent

$640$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolivar	Friendship
Under 5	5.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.9%
75 and over	6.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolivar	Friendship
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolivar	Friendship
No high school diploma	12.4%	15.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolivar	Friendship
Drove alone	72.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.7%
Other means	3.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolivar	Friendship
1-unit, detached	80.7%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolivar	Friendship
Poverty rate	19.1%	25.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938